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According to a recent report, Walmart is buying Jet.com in a deal worth $3 billion. The news is expected to be made official sometime today. The news of the acquisition comes in a report from sources who have received information relating to the deal between the two companies. Background of … [Read more...] about Walmart To Buy Jet.com In $3 Billion Deal

At the VRLA conference this week HTC has unveiled a new Virtual reality App Store they have created called Viveport. Built to offer VR users a place where they can discover the latest and greatest in VR content and experiences, says HTC. The new HTC Viveport app store will be made available to … [Read more...] about HTC Viveport Virtual Reality App Store Launching Soon

Chris Urmsom has worked on the Google Self Driving Car project for the last seven and a half years and now he has announced that he is leaving the project. The news was announced in a blog post on Medium, although he has not revealed the exact reason for leaving, he has just said he is ready for a … [Read more...] about Google’s Self Driving Car Project Is Losing Chris Urmson

Valve has today announced the that the technology behind their HTC Vive room scale tracking has been made open source and royalty free. Allowing those interested to use the SteamVR Tracking technology in projects without the need to pay a licensing fee to Valve. The SteamVR Tracking system … [Read more...] about SteamVR Room-Scale Tracking Technology Now Open Source

Amazon has today unveiled the first of forty new cargo planes it has leased to help launch this new Amazon Prime Air transportation network which will help the company expand its capacity and provide faster delivery speeds for Prime members. The new Amazon On aircraft will be unveiled during … [Read more...] about New Fleet Of Amazon Prime Air Cargo Planes Unveiled (video)

Dropbox has today announced the launch of Dropbox Paper applications for iOS and Android mobile devices allowing you to use the word processor style service to create collaborative documents and share important information via the cloud-based Dropbox service. From today the Dropbox Paper mobile … [Read more...] about Dropbox Paper Apps For iOS And Android Unveiled

During this year’s Olympic Games being held in Rio and starting tomorrow the BBC will be broadcasting an experimental service that will allow viewers to enjoy the action in 360 degree video. Unfortunately only 100 hours of 360 degree video will be made available by the BBC, which will be … [Read more...] about BBC Makes The 2016 Olympics Available To Watch In 360 Degree Video

As expected Microsoft has started rolling out their new Windows 10 Anniversary Update this week, a year to the date of the official public launch of the latest Microsoft Windows 10 operating system. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is marked as internal version 1607, build 14393 and is several … [Read more...] about Microsoft Windows 10 Anniversary Update Rolls Out

As well as officially launching their new Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, Samsung has also announced that their new Gear 360 camera will finally be available to purchase throughout the US later this month priced at $350. As well as unveiling a new redesign of their Gear VR headset. The latest Samsung … [Read more...] about Samsung Gear VR 2016 Redesign Unveiled With Wider Field Of View (video)

Jide has this week rolled out its latest Remix OS 3.0 operating system to Google Pixel C and Nexus 9 tablets making multi window support available to owners ahead of the release of Android 7.0 which is currently being prepared by Google and is expected to be made available later this month. The … [Read more...] about Remix OS 3.0 Now Available For Nexus 9 And Google Pixel C Tablets

It has been reported today that Tesla and SolarCity have agreed to engage in a $2.6 billion merger which will allow the partnership to create "integrated solar and storage" solutions that are already under development. Tesla has this week confirmed that the electric automotive company will buy … [Read more...] about Tesla And SolarCity Engage In $2.6 Billion Merger

A new law will be coming into force within the UK on September 1st that will require anybody in the UK watching the BBC iPlayer application to own a TV Licence whatever device they may be viewing it on. Including catch-up services such as third-party services such as Sky, Virgin or BT. So if you … [Read more...] about BBC iPlayer UK Viewers Will Need A TV licence From 1st September 2016 Onwards